“People should come to Vincent’s shops because they want to, not because they have to.”

“Tony Bromell will always have a special place in the history of Mary Immaculate College” – Bishop Brendan Leahy.

Professor Eugene Wall (MIC) told graduates that the education they have received at St Patrick’s has prepared them to meet the challenges they will face in a world of economic and social insecurity.

The programme will help students make the bridge from secondary school to university.

For the first time ever, former students who did not reach ordination, have also been invited back to international reunion at St Patrick's College Thurles.